HOTELS "BLACK LISTED."

Chronicle (Levin), 10 December 1948, Page 7

HOTELS "BLACK LISTED."

WELLINGTON, Dec. 9. Two hotels in the . Wellington city area were declared " blaclc " today by the Wellington Watersi.de Vforkers' Union because tliey. are alleged to have worked uuionists iii bats -yesterday morliing when the bar room wOl'kers throughout Wellington were instructett iiy the New Zeaiand Federated Rotel, liestaurant, and Lelated . Trades Employees' Union to atteiid a meeting at the Trades llall. This develppment in the trade union dispute- with the licensed liotel trade follows the action of the Hotel Employees' Union in sending agents to each hotel while the stopwork meeting was being held with the object of reporting any instances where union bar room workers were on duty. The two hotels \ver» reported to the union yesterday afternoon and delegates .from that union contplaiued to the Waterside Workers' I'nion which discussed' the .question at a stopwork ineeting this morning. The _ waterside workers resolved to derlare the two hotels : black " until tliey received "a clearance" from the Hotel Employees' I Union. ; Tlie Waterside Workers' Union also | announced that full support would be SgiVen'to the Hotel, Employees' Union iu discipliuing meinbiirs. disobeying the directiou - to attend yesterday 's Trades tiall stopwork meeting, The Wellington Hotel Kutployees' | Union ;tl.tv.-jiue(j tgdav t,o disciiss w.hat ! disaipline w;is being inip,psed.-.u.pon mqnij bees aho are cousidered to have deiie'd I tlie 'union or whai approaehes have beeii 1 made to the licenseesyconcerned. I y'',' i~'